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• How the Copyright Office Hurts Bloggers

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:51 pm

  Tags: Punditry, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Cmi, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Office, Law, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Registration, Riaa, Usco

  the work to arrive at the USCO, which is when the registration becomes effective, some infringement will almost always happen before the work is registered. This hurts journalists, both traditional and Web-based, as well as many types of radio/tv programming. No Benefit to Artists: If the intent of copyright is “To promote the progress

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• The Need to Modernize the DMCA Agent List

  Published: August 21, 2007, 12:56 pm

  Tags: Punditry, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Office, Dmca Agents, Dmca Notice, Plagiarism, United States, Usco

  that the problem with the USCO is the USCO itself. The entire organization is hopelessly behind the times, with a registration system that penalizes bloggers and hurts all copyright holders, the USCO is a government entity stuck in the mindset of a books and CDs generation when we’re living in a blogs and MP3s world. I have called for

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• Copyright 2.0 Show - Episode 25 - Media Defective

  Published: September 24, 2007, 11:17 am

  Tags: Products, Articles, Adblock Plus, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Media Defender, Plagiarism, Podcast, Ramones, The Pirate Bay, Usco

  Continues The Head of the USCO Supports the DMCA That Ramones Head to Court Ad Blocking Becomes a Copyright Issue And Many more… You can download the MP3 file here. Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed. Show Notes If you found this article useful, please consider donating to this site. Need Plagairism

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• Copyright 101 Quiz Answers

  Published: October 11, 2007, 11:53 am

  Tags: Articles, Dmca, Legal Issues, Answers, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Office, Game, Plagiarism, Quiz, Usco

  Copyright Basics Page at the USCO Web site. Also used was the USCO’s Fair Use page and Project Gutenberg was used to help with the bonus question along with the recent WIPO Activity Book. That should cover all eleven questions. If I forgot a source or one of the answers isn’t explained in these pages, let me know! If you found this

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• The Copyright Office's Online Registration System

  Published: December 4, 2007, 3:28 pm

  Tags: Articles, Personal Experiences, Products, Punditry, Blogs, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Eco, Usco, Web Sites

  States Copyright Office (USCO) announced that they were going to begin beta testing their new electronic copyright office (eCO) system to accept registrations over the Web. The system, in theory, is supposed to make registering your work with the USCO easier, faster and cheaper than the traditional “file by mail” system that the

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• MyFreeCopyright: Free Copyright Verification

  Published: December 11, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Articles, Legal Issues, Orphan Works, Products, Punditry, Content Theft, Copyright Registration, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Myfreecopyright, Non Repudiation, Plagiarism, Rss Scraping, Usco

  the expensive and slow USCO system and the reality of the Web, several unofficial non-repudiation services have cropped up including Numly and Registered Commons. However, these services have struggled to balance the elements a non-repudiation service. Numly, for example, is easy, fast has great plugins but the price point drives many away.

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• Why Your Copyright Protection is Second Rate

  Published: January 11, 2008, 12:37 pm

  Tags: Articles, Punditry, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Office, Fbi, Moral Rights, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Registration, Riaa, United States, Usco

  Two weeks ago, I told the strange truth about the FBI Logo. It was a tale about how the FBI, an organization funded with taxpayer dollars, created a logo and warning solely for the benefit of the RIAA, MPAA and similar groups. Meanwhile, the rest of Americans, as well as the vast majority of copyright holders, were threatened with prison if we

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• Should You Register Your Site's Copyright?

  Published: March 18, 2008, 3:16 pm

  Tags: Articles, Legal Issues, Content Theft, Copyright Myths, Copyright Registration, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Office, Intellectual Property, Plagiarism, Us Government, Usco

  their works with the USCO and should consider doing so. However, registering every work is impractical and most Webmasters will gain nothing at all from a registration, no matter how frequently they do ti. So when should a Webmaster register their work with the USCO? It’s a difficult question with no easy answers. The Limitations

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